Lure

ABSTRACT

A hook and a hand tied ball of fluorescent yarns with or without a yarn tail extending therefrom secured to a longitudinal shaft of the hook by means of thread.

United States Patent Walker, Jr. Sept. 12, 1972 [54] LURE 3,568,354 3/1971 YaCkO ..43/17.6 72 Inventor: Albert T. w lk J 3427 Raven 3,605,317 9/1971 PObSt ..43/42.25 d Rd Anderson, Calif 9 007 1,302,102 4/1919 Tuttle ..43/42.25

[22] Filed: Oct. 28, 1970 FOREIGN PATENTS OR APPLICATIONS [21] Appl. No.: 84,661 9,868 1915 Great Britain ..43/42.25

52 US. Cl. ..43/17.6, 43/4225, 43/4228, 'f Examif'er*samuel Kore" 43/4232 43/4253 Assistant Examiner-G. M. Yahwak 511 int. Cl. ..A0lk 85/08 Hwy-Alexander Blair [58] Field of Search ..43/42.25, 17.5, 17.6, 42.37,

43/4228, 42.53, 42.32 [57] ABSTRACT A hook and a hand tied ball of fluorescent yarns with [56] References cued or without a yarn tail extending therefrom secured to UNITED STATES PATENTS a longitudinal shaft of the hook by means of thread.

2,043,609 6/1936 Derry ..43/42.25 1 Claim, 5 Drawing Figures m m m2 3.690.028

IN VEN TOR.

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This invention relates to an improved fly which glows and simulates the movement of real life food which fish eat.

Accordingly, a primary object of this invention provide a lure which will rapidly attract fish.

Another object of this invention is to provide a lure which simulates the movement of a fish's natural food in the water.

The above and other objects of this invention will become apparent after a consideration of a preferred embodiment of the following detailed description taken together with the accompanying drawing wherein:

FIG. 1 is an elevational view of the lure; FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken on line 2-2 of FIG.

is to FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken on line 3-3 of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing how the fluorescent yarns are tied to the hook by thread; and

FIG. 5 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken at right angles to FIG. 4.

Referring in detail to the drawing, there is shown a hook having a sharp point 12 at one end thereof and an eyelet 14 at the other end thereof at the end of a longitudinal shaft 16. Fluorescent yarn 18, as clearly shown in FIG. 4, is hand tied to shaft 16 by means of thread 20 which encloses the fluorescent yarn 18 firmly about shaft 16. The polyester fluorescent yarn may be tied to the shaft in many colors and shades. After the tying operation, yarn 18 is rounded to resemble an egglike shape as clearly shown in FIG. 1. A tail 22 of yarn may also be tied to shaft 16 by thread 21 before yarn 18 is put on. Tail 22 helps simulate the movement and appearance of living food that fish prey on. Different colored yarn 23 may be tied on so as to present a spot 24, as shown in FIG. 1, on the top side of yarn 18. The tail, yarn, and spot may be in different colors so as to be accentuated when seen by the fish.

The end of the fish line is tied to eyelet 14 and as yarn 18 or yarn 18 and tail 22 is pulled along, the

fluorescence and flow of the yarn and tail through the water will attract fish that will attempt to bite or swallow the lure resulting in hook 10 lodging in the fishs mouth with point 12 pointed in the direction of the opening of the fishs mouth and preventing the fish from pulling loose. In the form of the invention illustrated in the drawings the point 12 of the hook 10 is pointing in the direction opposite to the direction the tail 22 extends from the yarn 18. The eyelet 14 of the hook 10 is partially covered by the yarn 18 and is located opposite of the tail 22 allowing the lure to be pulled with the tail 22 swinging therebehind simulating live food which fish prey on.

While a preferred embodiment has been illustrated and described, it will become apparent to those skilled in the art that any modifications and changes may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of this invention.

I Claim:

1. A lure, comprising a hook having a longitudinal shaft, polyester fluorescent yarn, a single thread only firmly tying said yarn to said longitudinal shaft prior to cutting said yarn to a ball shaped appearance, a tail extending outwardly from said yarn and along said longitudinal shaft before tyin vsaid yarn and a second read for firmly tying sal tail to said shaft, the ball shaped appearance of said yarn, the fluorescence, and the tail swinging, attracting the fish, said yarn and said tail being of different colors, and including a different colored piece of yarn extending through said ball shaped yarn to present a spot on the top side of said yarn, said first and second threads each being formed with abutting loops with the center axis of the loops of said first mentioned thread coinciding with said longitudinal shaft, said hook having a point which is pointing in the direction opposite to the direction in which said tail is extending from said yarn, and including an eyelet at the end of said hook which is partially covered by said yarn and located opposite said tail allowing the lure to be pulled with the tail swinging therebehind simulating live food which fish prey on.

Disclaimer 3,690,028.Albe1"t T. Walker, J72, Anderson, Calif. LURE. Patent dated Sept. 12, 1972. Disclaimer filed Dec. 11, 1974, by the inventor. Hereby enters this disclaimer to claim 1 of said patent.

[Oyficial Gazette April 8, 1975.] 

1. A lure, comprising a hook having a longitudinal shaft, polyester fluorescent yarn, a single thread only firmly tying said yarn to said longitudinal shaft prior to cutting said yarn to a ball shaped appearance, a tail extending outwardly from said yarn and along said longitudinal shaft before tying said yarn, and a second thread for firmly tying said tail to said shaft, the ball shaped appearAnce of said yarn, the fluorescence, and the tail swinging, attracting the fish, said yarn and said tail being of different colors, and including a different colored piece of yarn extending through said ball shaped yarn to present a spot on the top side of said yarn, said first and second threads each being formed with abutting loops with the center axis of the loops of said first mentioned thread coinciding with said longitudinal shaft, said hook having a point which is pointing in the direction opposite to the direction in which said tail is extending from said yarn, and including an eyelet at the end of said hook which is partially covered by said yarn and located opposite said tail allowing the lure to be pulled with the tail swinging therebehind simulating live food which fish prey on. 